allotype

About 0.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A designated paratype of a species (or lower-order taxon) that is the opposite sex of the holotype.
2. noun A genetically determined variant of the amino acid sequence of a protein.
3. noun An immunoglobulin allotype; the allele of the antibody chains found in an individual.

Similar words

paratype paratopotype isotype lectotype homeotype holotype cotype homoeotype topotype hapantotype

Often followed by

female and of suppression in is antibody male markers

Word family

allotypes allotypic allotypically allotypies allotypy